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FAO Capture Production in Ghana (t)     n = 95
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Scientific name Fishing Area Unit 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Argyrosomus regius
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ariidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0
Auxis thazard, A. rochei
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,000 1,800 5,287 1,589 6,295 6,001 4,311 13,914 1,047 4,286
Balistidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 3,000 4,900 7,688 8,773 8,940 9,685 9,389 13,326
Boops boops
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brachydeuterus auritus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 5,280 7,970 11,359 8,981 11,508 11,987 10,513 9,775 13,451 15,010
Brachyura
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 1 0 18
Carangidae
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 200 30,500 0 0 0 0 0 0
Caranx hippos
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 14,700 17,600 4,300 1,900 4,421 1,585 1,036 16,611 5,895 1,851
Caranx rhonchus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 831 4,395 270 34 8,612
Caranx spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 179 9 21
Chloroscombrus chrysurus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,500 2,300 2,100 1,200 1,542 1,181 1,261 2,429 1,212 3,854
Clupeoidei
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clupeoidei
Ghana 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cynoglossidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 400 600 900 600 1,345 1,805 147 531 234 408
Decapterus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 8,700 10,100 7,300 3,000 4,971 2,323 4,354 3,370 3,451 2,852
Decapterus spp
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 2,000 0 52 0 0 0 0 0
Dentex angolensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 780 189 3,294 3,175 318
Dentex angolensis
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 2,185 5,510 3,923 2,743 6,546 964 230 190
Dentex congoensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dentex spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 780 190 17 1,343 3,715
Drepane africana
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 600 500 700 387 114 41 0 54 49 83
Elasmobranchii
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 900 400 200 1,000 2,399 6,473 702 628 205 1,012
Elasmobranchii
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 282 104 34
Engraulis encrasicolus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 25,800 41,300 26,800 14,600 33,400 32,173 28,656 35,043 51,424 36,676
Epinephelus aeneus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Epinephelus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,600 300 200 24 116 17 1,058 2,176 699 1,186
Ethmalosa fimbriata
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 1,000 600 0 387 163 95 1,955 211
Euthynnus alletteratus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 26 66 4,656 6,044 1,185 6,049 5,547
Exocoetidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Galeoides decadactylus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,200 2,600 3,400 1,329 1,818 317 1,136 3,529 3,524 4,982
Haemulidae (=Pomadasyidae)
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 2,554 1,009 1,432 1,429 845 2,415 595
Hemiramphus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ilisha africana
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,600 2,300 4,200 4,700 4,520 531 15,945 6,904 9,030 4,000
Illex argentinus
Ghana 		41 - Atlantic, Southwest (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Istiophorus albicans
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 2 3,040 4,726 4,517 764 1,885 2,691
Katsuwonus pelamis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 288 701 1,426 2,199 3,492 2,866 4,299
Lates niloticus
Ghana 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 0 8,000 600 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lutjanus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,700 400 600 500 408 161 193 196 212 361
Makaira nigricans
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius capensis, M.paradoxus
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 1,100 4,900 11,163 925 252 33 117 59
Merluccius polli
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merluccius spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 147 190 0 434 516 16 0 0 0
Natantia
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 310 475 581 401 670 413 726 643 422 202
Octopodidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Octopodidae
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Oreochromis (=Tilapia) spp
Ghana 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 0 2,000 19,200 9,800 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osteichthyes
Ghana 		1 - Africa-Inland Waters (t) 30,000 38,000 4,800 30,900 37,300 41,945 40,704 40,704 36,261 39,368
Osteichthyes
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 14,900 10,100 5,931 5,671 11,297 31,987 6,697 1,494 3,312 2,566
Osteichthyes
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 700 400 2,080 939 2,118 687 187 32
Osteichthyes
Ghana 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pagellus bellottii
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 4,676 2,722 5,988 10,296 10,681
Pagellus bellottii
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 115 290 206 144 345 1,286 12 0
Pagrus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 1,850 796 3,001 823 754
Panulirus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 500 340 424 0 17 21 10 26 420 231
Perciformes
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 720
Perciformes
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,682 0 0
Pomadasys jubelini
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Prionace glauca
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Pseudotolithus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,300 2,100 4,200 3,100 2,194 2,073 2,176 2,687 1,684 2,453
Pseudotolithus spp
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 358 18 65
Pseudupeneus prayensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 207 365 285 188 408 1,396 983
Rajiformes
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 600 600 1,200 1,681 1,488 5,005 1,736 373 787 645
Rajiformes
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 594 35 4
Sarda sarda
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 33 20 0 9 9 0
Sardinella aurita
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14,120
Sardinella maderensis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,406 4,191 5,263 10,906 16,110 19,248 18,715 0 0 15,857
Sardinella spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 25,494 46,210 93,686 11,107 7,168 11,778 27,429 55,408 87,985 19,950
Sardinella spp
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 100 100 0 447 36 0 0 0
Sciaenidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomber japonicus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 11,315 12,776 16,081 10,900 535 2,198 400 431 523 97
Scomber japonicus
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 3,000 0 100 500 203 21 15 0
Scomber japonicus
Ghana 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scomberomorus tritor
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 700 1,500 1,000 3,513 598 555 720 771 1,569
Scombroidei
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 1,000 900 0 0 882 451 671 1,037 414 70
Selene dorsalis
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 600 1,000 1,650 792 264 7,112 2,191 1,950
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 318 764 586 795 686 699 255
Sepiidae, Sepiolidae
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
Soleidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 1,263 60 0 0 0
Sparidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 11,353 7,284 9,157 6,699 4,895 1,249 589 0 0 0
Sparidae
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 117 0 0 0 0 0
Sphyraena spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,100 1,400 2,200 2,345 2,099 1,713 198 3,010 1,563 1,008
Sphyrnidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetraodontidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tetrapturus albidus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Thunnus albacares
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 2 112 274 763 945 621 546 1,426
Thunnus obesus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 30 73 84 170 237 124 238
Trachurus murphyi
Ghana 		87 - Pacific, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trachurus spp
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 1,900 3,600 2,249 5,548 2,133 2,301 0 0
Trachurus spp
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 15,600 17,800 28,700 19,205 29,668 28,452 16,466 1,762 2,048
Trachurus trecae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 5,628 171 16 49 116 262 505 844
Trichiurus lepturus
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 2,259 1,669 2,100 1,018 2,080 2,187 2,283 7,221 1,723 2,646
Trichiurus lepturus
Ghana 		47 - Atlantic, Southeast (t) 0 0 0 1,500 833 331 79 194 3 0
Triglidae
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Xiphias gladius
Ghana 		34 - Atlantic, Eastern Central (t) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total: 171,517 232,662 281,189 221,664 219,146 261,391 246,601 271,933 274,631 236,979

Note: If marine mammals and crocodiles are included in this list they are not accounted for in the Totals because they are reported in numbers and not in tonnes.

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